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"Are you going to Mrs. Turtle's this evening?" asked a gay young Periwinkle of his friend Cockle, as they met on the sands.
"Well, I don't know: what is to be done, and who will be there?" replied Cockle, rather languidly, for it had been a very gay season, and he was decidedly "used up."
"There will be no dancing, for the alderman doesn't approve of it; but there is to be singing, tableaux3, and a supper of course. It's the last night of the season; and, as they are having a farewell hop4 up at the hotel, we thought we would get up some sort of fun among ourselves. Lovely Lily Crab5 will be there; the Lobsters7, Barnacles, Horse-shoes, and Sea-snails8, besides the Mosquitoes, Fire-flies, and Water-beetles10. I hear there are also to be strangers of distinction, a Flying-fish, a Water-shrew, and Mother Carey's Chickens."
"Hum, ha, well; maybe I'll look in for an hour. I rather fancy Lily Crab; and the alderman gives capital suppers. I'm going to enjoy a weed; so ta-ta, till this evening."
Young Cockle didn't mean a cigar, but a nap under the sea-weed. Periwinkle took a weed also; and both were so much refreshed that they were among the first at the party.
The Turtles were a very aristocratic family, for they were both ancient and honorable. Their coat-of-arms was a globe resting on a turtle's back; and so many of their ancestors had been aldermen, it was vain to try to count them. Even their diseases were aristocratic, for they always died of apoplexy or gout. Some people said it was because they were such high livers; but the turtles insisted that it was hereditary12, and couldn't be helped. They were very slow, and rather heavy, but intensely dignified13 and well-bred. They lived elegantly, gave fine parties, and had one son, who was considered a very
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oyster
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defraud
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功绩,伟业,技艺( feat的名词复数 ) | |
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fabulously
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